Bible in Basic English
"Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark."
— Job 28:3, Bible in Basic English
“Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness. ”
Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.
Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.
Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.
He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.
As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.
Its stones are the place of sapphires, and it has dust of gold.